Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:26:03 +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > The spell-checker doesn't work either (I cannot guarantee, though, that it > worked with 1.1.0). Eureka ! This needed some hours of digging, though, therefore I put the recipe here (for steef, as well). The dictionaries have been moved to /

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Sir, I m B.Tech final year student & making aproject on wireless ATM. for thi i bought wlan card of micronet which consist rtl8180 chip. on instaaling this on linux i got following error. what is the solution Plz help me... achilles:/usr/src/rtl8180/release# insmod -f rtl8180_24x.o Warning: l

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:05:11 +0200, Thorsten Ebeling wrote: > I use aptitude on Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable. Gimme the *soft cushion* to poke him ! Debian installs the local settings into ~/office On Sarge and Sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: lost mouse functionality in 2.6.x kernel upgrade

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 07:57:43PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > As for gpm - I don't use it myself, but I don't think 2.6 has changed > the situation that you can't meaningfully have two things trying to > read the same mouse. The standard advice is to get gpm working first - > configuring it accordin

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

Actually the very first thing I did was download the new sarge 2 weeks ago, and I did so with excitement and high expectations. And I will say this for other people's benefit it is definitely a beta installer. It gave me a various range of problems that I won't go into; plus; it seems as though

Mozilla 1.6 not printing anything

I am using Mozilla Debian Package 1.6-4 on Debian/unstable. When ever I print anything through mozilla. nothing goes to printer. In case I print to a file, the file is created but if I send the file to printer with the command "lpr mozilla.ps", still nothing prints out. I am able to print norma

Re: iptables

Umar Draz wrote: i am new to debian! but have experience of redhat and freebsd, solaris now in redhat when i use iptables in redhat a file create in > /etc/sysconfig/iptables where all rules save now my question in debian where iptables rules save? I'm not very familiar with what you describe in

Re: dist-upgrade stall

Curtis Vaughan wrote: I was in the middle of an apt-get dist-upgrade when it asked me about whether to keep, change, etc. the proftpd.conf file. Well, I wanted to look at the difference, which is what I often do, but instead of hitting just "d" apparently I hit then "d" and then Enter. Now

Re: configuring netwerk in knoppix

Joris Huizer wrote: I now am forced to use this computer of my dad but it only has windows xp and I really am getting *ver* annoyed by it allready! I need compilers and stuff because I'm a informatica student but nothing is available and cygwin sucks So I tried knoppix, and, appart from not be

iptables

hi dears members!     i am new to debian! but have experience of redhat and freebsd, solaris     now in redhat when i use iptables in redhat a file create in /etc/sysconfig/iptables where all rules save    now my question in debian where iptables rules save?   thanks   umar draz Do you Yahoo!? Ya

Re: branding debian releases

On 2004-04-15, Will Trillich penned: > > john doe will read "stable" and might think it means that "it's got > all the current upstream bug fixes" when what we mean by it is "we > stopped adding new stuff to this one a long time ago, and haven't > found any serious conflicts in quite a long time".

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

wex wrote: > Yes I guess you are correct I am just trying to avoid the obvious i guess. > Getting linux on this laptop is a pain in the ass, it is fightin me every > step of the way, if I don't win soon I am either going to have to start > using windows or give it away. You could try the latest b

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

Yes I guess you are correct I am just trying to avoid the obvious i guess. Getting linux on this laptop is a pain in the ass, it is fightin me every step of the way, if I don't win soon I am either going to have to start using windows or give it away. > wex wrote: I am trying ot install debi

Re: Really, I still don't have sound

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:05:16 -0500, Matt Price wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:01:43AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> Hello >> >> Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> > I still haven't managed to get sound up and running. It looks like >> > everybody is stumped but I'm resubmitting

debian-user@lists.debian.org

Mirko Scurk wrote: > Knopix, Windows and X-windows are working fine on same machine so I > suspect that this is strictly software or can it be related to sound - I > receive some errors about sound server ??? I have seen cases where a sound event that is waiting, will cause gnome to get very

Re: configuring netwerk in knoppix

You might try the Knoppix mailing list: http://mailman.linuxtag.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-knoppix -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: anyone gotten udftools to work with CDRW?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thus spake Kirk Lowery: # I am exactly where you are in this process. The word is that packet # writing support in *not* in the main kernel source tree for 2.6.x and # that you must patch the sources and compile a custom kernel. Which raises one of tw

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

wex wrote: I am trying ot install debian onto my laptop which has the broadcomm 4400 network card. I went ahead and installed debian but of course I have no network because it is not in the 2.4.18 kernel that comes with it. I had a similar problem with a Broadcom NIC in a server. I couldn't get th

RE: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt

> -Original Message- > From: William Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 16 April 2004 10:52 > To: Debian Users > Subject: Re: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 08:57:33AM +1000, Colin Bell wrote: > > I.E. just key l. > > Strictly speaking '.' do

Re: Help installing a JVM

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:25:06 -0500, Freivald, Joseph A, GVSOL wrote: > Okay, > > How do I get a JVM to install? If you're running Sid(unstable), just add deb http://jopa.studentenweb.org/debian ./ to your sources.list, then run aptitude update aptitude install j2re1.4 j2se-common Java sh

Re: Distribution Upgrade

Curtis Vaughan wrote: When doing a distribution upgrade I got a message telling me to issue the following command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cut -f1 -d in order to find out the parameter for "install =" in /etc/lilo.conf By issuing the command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cu

EIO 8212

Hi there, Is there a driver for this EIO ATA Raid card (8212)? The output from lspci -vv is: 00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown device 8212 (rev 11) Subsystem: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown device 0001 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMas

Re: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 05:51:35PM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 08:57:33AM +1000, Colin Bell wrote: > > I.E. just key l. > > Strictly speaking '.' doesn't match ''. Better use '.*' if you really > mean "everything." Suppose your view displays only subject line, and >

Re: configuring PAM

Google for "Linux PAM System Administrators Guide" or something akin to that. On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 18:23, Will Trillich wrote: > On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:22:59PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > > Install libpam-cracklib, and change your /etc/pam.d/common-password file > > to the following: > >

Re: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 08:57:33AM +1000, Colin Bell wrote: > I.E. just key l. Strictly speaking '.' doesn't match ''. Better use '.*' if you really mean "everything." Suppose your view displays only subject line, and the subject is blank. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Undeliverable: Out-of-date address

Former Representative G. Spencer Coggs became the Senator for the 6th district on November 26, 2003. To reach Senator Coggs, please resend the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email addresses for the 17th Assembly district will be posted on the Legislature's website at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/leg

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

Hello again! On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 08:42:03PM -0300, GodMode wrote: > hey it worked it ... thanks Josh. > i have in /etc/apt/sources.list on my debian woody installation > > deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable main > > and used > > apt-get install arts kdelibs kdebase > VOLA

Can't stop apache Daemon

Hi, I noticed all these weird apache processes running. Here's the output of # ps aux |grep apache root 392 0.0 2.9 6956 5592 ?S16:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache root 400 0.1 3.1 7044 6008 ?S16:34 0:06 /usr/sbin/apache root 427 0.0 2.9 6956 5588

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

hey it worked it ... thanks Josh. i have in /etc/apt/sources.list on my debian woody installation deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable main and used apt-get install arts kdelibs kdebase VOLA... tha's all i needed now i have KDE3.2 - Original Message - From: "Josh M

Re: multiple sources in sources.list

Carlos Alberto Pereira Gomes wrote: > I have a woody installation and use the backports.org repository > extensively. > Can it cause me trouble if, after sarge comes out, I try a dist-upgrade, > and not a debian reinstall? No. The version numbering on backports.org is designed to prevent this. I

How to install Java Virtual Machine with Apt-Get?

Debian Version : Testing/Unstable [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l java* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

fixed it :) atleast now i have KDE 2 again. edited my sources.list file in /etc/apt to show only a few apt sources (listed below) and did an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get install kde which installed all dependancies for kde like 50 of them, k word, koffice etc. and now i have K

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

THanks for the reply. I was hoping there is another solution because I am quickly running out of cds to burn > wex wrote: > >> I am trying ot install debian onto my laptop which has the broadcomm >> 4400 >> network card. I went ahead and installed debian but of course I have no >> network be

Re: digital camera question

On Thursday 15 April 2004 04:20 pm, Christophe Barbe wrote: > Le jeu 15/04/2004 à 19:10, Mike Chandler a écrit : > > Thanks Christophe! > > Where exactly can I find the README.Debian file? > > Please. > > /usr/share/doc/libgphoto2-2/README.Debian > > Christophe Man, thanks a lot! That README file

Distribution Upgrade

When doing a distribution upgrade I got a message telling me to issue the following command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cut -f1 -d in order to find out the parameter for "install =" in /etc/lilo.conf By issuing the command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cut -f1 -d- [note an add

Re: md5sum mismatch while upgrading mplayer-386

Apparently, _David_, on 04/14/04 19:19,typed: On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:15:40PM -0400, H. S. wrote: Hi, I was trying to update my Debian Sarge machine and apt-get said mplayer-386 was kept back. When I try to install it, it says there was a md5mismatch: Anybody else facing this problem? Tha

Re: samba mounting and nautilus

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 08:37, Matthew Kay wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian unstable. When I issue the following command: > > ## mount -t smbfs -o username=foo,password=bar //MATT/public /mnt/laptop > > I get the generic error message from mount (wrong fstype, bad superblock > etc.) The equi

multiple sources in sources.list

Hi, I have a woody installation and use the backports.org repository extensively. Can it cause me trouble if, after sarge comes out, I try a dist-upgrade, and not a debian reinstall? -- Carlos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

Apparently, _H. S._, on 04/15/04 19:29,typed: Apparently, _Micha Feigin_, on 04/15/04 17:43,typed: How do I check what package this file belongs to? dpkg -S /usr/lib/plt/collects/readline/.DS_Store Will give you the package that installed this files assuming that it came as part of a package a

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:13 pm, GodMode wrote: > hey guys > i added deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable main > > did an apt-get update > and apt-get upgrade ( which upgraded a few kde packages) > but now i'm trying a > apt-get install kde3 > apt-get install kde3.2 > apt-get in

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

Apparently, _Micha Feigin_, on 04/15/04 17:43,typed: How do I check what package this file belongs to? dpkg -S /usr/lib/plt/collects/readline/.DS_Store Will give you the package that installed this files assuming that it came as part of a package and wasn't dynamically created by the install p

Re: digital camera question

On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:22 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > On Thursday 15 April 2004 9:09 am, Mike Chandler wrote: > > Unable to initialize camera. Check your port settings and camera > > connectivity and try again. > > First give this a read... >

Re: digital camera question

Le jeu 15/04/2004 à 19:10, Mike Chandler a écrit : > Thanks Christophe! > Where exactly can I find the README.Debian file? > Please. /usr/share/doc/libgphoto2-2/README.Debian Christophe

Re: digital camera question

On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:14 pm, christophe barbe wrote: > Looks like a permission problem. > Install gphoto2 >apt-get install gphoto2 > then try as root >gphoto2 --autodetect -L > If you get a list of pictures in the cam, try the same as a normal user. > If it works as root and not as a

Re: digital camera question

On Thursday 15 April 2004 08:33 am, steef wrote: > H. S. wrote: > > Apparently, _Mike Chandler_, on 04/15/04 10:09,typed: > >> Now, using Debian testing, with kernel 2.4.25-1-386, have installed > >> gphoto, (and the front end gtkam). > >> So I run gtkam and it will detect my camera, however there

Re: Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

wex wrote: > I am trying ot install debian onto my laptop which has the broadcomm 4400 > network card. I went ahead and installed debian but of course I have no > network because it is not in the 2.4.18 kernel that comes with it. I had a similar problem with a Broadcom NIC in a server. I couldn'

RE: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt

> -Original Message- > From: Ãsmund ÃdegÃrd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2004 19:01 > To: Debian Users > Subject: Re: Undoing the 'l' command in mutt > > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 09:22, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I

Re: Antivirus (with exim+courier-imap+fetchmail)

Thomas Halahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 4) Probably more configurations I had not thought of. > > My budget is small, maybe $100. > My question is therefore, what sort of suggestions people have to apply > antivirus scanning? This is the one I've been mailing to idiots who bounce viruses

Re: Help installing a JVM

Freivald, Joseph A, GVSOL wrote: > Okay, > > How do I get a JVM to install? I have only found dummy packages, and when > I downloaded and ran Sun's SDK, it didn't seem to install properly - or at > least the Java apps don't see it. > > Thanks in advance. > > --JATF I added this line to my /et

Re: Antivirus (with exim+courier-imap+fetchmail)

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:54:01PM +0100, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > My budget is small, maybe $100. > > The following is the only HOWTO I have found > > http://www.clues.ltd.uk/howto/debian-sa-fprot-HOWTO.txt > > My question is therefore, what sort of suggestions people have to apply > antiv

fullscreen resolution problem with tuxracer, pingus etc.

Hi! The problem is that some games like tuxracer, circuslinux, madbomber, pingus etc. doesn't work in fullscreen mode, but rathen in 640x480 resolution when it's fullscreen. I've tried to figure it out, and searched google but in vain, I don't know why this happens. I know that I can configure

Re: DRI and tuxracer ok, flightgear and torcs slow

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:38:26AM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: > I dunno, but I've been wondering too. Ever since I upgraded from > X 4.2 to 4.3, my OpenGL performance has gone into the toilet. Same here, and also with a Matrox G550. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: branding debian releases

I think that will only add to the confusion. Operating systems aren't supposed to be esoteric. Pick a good name for each (your "future," etc sound good), and then write an easy to understand one-sentence explanation at the download site. --- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, A

configuring PAM

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:22:59PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > Install libpam-cracklib, and change your /etc/pam.d/common-password file > to the following: > > password requiredpam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 > password requiredpam_unix.so md5 > > This sets up a ch

Re: digital camera question

On Thursday 15 April 2004 9:09 am, Mike Chandler wrote: > Unable to initialize camera. Check your port settings and camera connectivity > and try again. First give this a read... Steps two and three sound like what you are looking for... Or

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:10:42 +0200, Thorsten Ebeling wrote: > >> After an upgrade from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 >> I found the directories: /1.1.0 and /1.1.1 >> in /.openoffice in my home directory. >> /1.1.0 contains the settings I made. > > Confess ! You're not upgrading the Debian v

dist-upgrade stall

I was in the middle of an apt-get dist-upgrade when it asked me about whether to keep, change, etc. the proftpd.conf file. Well, I wanted to look at the difference, which is what I often do, but instead of hitting just "d" apparently I hit then "d" and then Enter. Now it's just sitting there

configuring netwerk in knoppix

Hello, Because the Dell computer I use normally has a broken start button (at the local hardware helpdesk no solution was provided...) I now have a problem! I now am forced to use this computer of my dad but it only has windows xp and I really am getting *ver* annoyed by it allready! I need co

Re: When a release is "ready." (was Re: Re: Debian has turned unusable.)

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:46:46PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Chris Metzler wrote: > > One thing that I've never understood, and haven't figured out by > > reading the Debian Reference or by osmosis from posts here (probably > > the Debian Developer documents is where I *s

Module /usr/src/modules/bcm4400 failed (ahh no network)

I am trying ot install debian onto my laptop which has the broadcomm 4400 network card. I went ahead and installed debian but of course I have no network because it is not in the 2.4.18 kernel that comes with it.I downloaded the the bcm4400-source package from testing burned to a cd and copied

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 03:40:01PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > > > > > > >Hm? .DS_Store is created by Apple Macintosh Computers to save some > >additional Settings. Have you been playing with i.e. netatalk? > > > >Bye, Ratti > > > > > Nope, not at all! Here is what file ha

Re: MySQL upgrade 3.23.49-86 broke OSCommerce access (SOLVED)

My own fault. I forgot to set the "skip-networking" back in my.cnf last week when I was exploring better security so when mysql restarted this morning after the upgrade, the new (wrong) parameter took effect. On Thursday, Apr 15, 2004, at 11:39 America/Chicago, Mark Gillingham wrote: After an

Re: branding debian releases

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 06:47:42PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: > This thread got started because people were frustrated about having > to explain stable vs. testing vs. unstable to new users trying > Debian. But it appears to me that a lot of people with strong > ideas on how to fix that don't und

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

Please learn to quote, top posting destroys the flow of written English http://learn.to/quote GodMode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i did apt-get dist-upgrade and it uninstalled most of kde2 packages > now i dont have kde2 or kde3 :( > > so i tried apt-get update apt-get upgrade and apt-get instal

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

Incoming from GodMode: > > so i tried apt-get update apt-get upgrade and apt-get install kdm > > its missing a ton of dependencies. apt-get install kde -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSU

Antivirus (with exim+courier-imap+fetchmail)

Hello, I just set up a small mail server with exim+fetchmail+courier-imap. In doing so, however, I seemed to have opened up a virus threat which was previously handled at the workstation where mail was downloaded straight from a pop3 account on the net. After some investigation is seems that

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

i did apt-get dist-upgrade and it uninstalled most of kde2 packages now i dont have kde2 or kde3 :( so i tried apt-get update apt-get upgrade and apt-get install kdm its missing a ton of dependencies. any suggestions? - Original Message - From: "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: Intel Pro/100 VE

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > thanx to all who responded to this thread. The problem I feel is now resolved > and I will explain how I did it for documentation purposes. > > the suggestion by Faheem, though I'm sure it works, I did not take it because I > did not know enough

2.6 kernel causing X to hang?

Hey, at least you got the Java IDE to run! Mine (Netbeans) just kicks me off X entirely! 2.6.5 is the best yet of the 2.6s but this still happens. I doubt if this is a kernel problem as my problem started with a XFree86 upgrade. That might not be it either--the problem might relate to KDE visav

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

GodMode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hey guys > i added deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable main > did an apt-get update > and apt-get upgrade ( which upgraded a few kde packages) > but now i'm trying a > apt-get install kde3 > apt-get install kde3.2 > apt-get install kde=3 apt

Re: recovering from security kernel-image update

Geoff Thurman wrote: > My system is broken following yesterday's security kernel-image update. I > am able to boot in using a rescue disk, but am unsure what to do next. The > obvious thing is to simply do an apt-get update and upgrade and let the > bad kernel get repaced by the one I believe the

Re: PAM ldap login on woody

Let me close this thread by adding my solution. I feel rather foolish, but I failed to check the settings for my user in the LDAP server. They had been set months ago with a default loginShell of /bin/false. So all the PAM configurations were correct which is why the logs indicated success.

Re: No sound with SDL apps

On Thursday 15 April 2004 14:36, Keir Lawson wrote: > On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 11:39 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > > On Thursday 15 April 2004 12:11, Keir Lawson wrote: > > [snip] > > OK, well, perhaps your sound device is in a strange location, or > > something. Check out all the environment options

Re: Help installing a JVM

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:25:06PM -0500, Freivald, Joseph A, GVSOL wrote: > Okay, > > How do I get a JVM to install? I have only found dummy packages, and when I > downloaded and ran Sun's SDK, it didn't seem to install properly - or at > least the Java apps don't see it. > > Thanks in advance.

Re: digital camera question

Looks like a permission problem. Install gphoto2 apt-get install gphoto2 then try as root gphoto2 --autodetect -L If you get a list of pictures in the cam, try the same as a normal user. If it works as root and not as a normal user, read the README.Debian file. Christophe On Thu, Apr 15,

Re: Will the package search ever be available again?

"Simmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the package search on http://search.debian.org/ is down for nearly a month > now, Jeez, will it be repaired? Somebody here who can answer that question? The package search is at http://packages.debian.org/ , though it would be a good idea for you to learn ab

system wide fix for 'max user processes'/RLIMIT_NPROC?

For whatever reason debian stable somewhere somehow defaults to a RLIMIT_NPROC (max user processes) of 256. This is fine for a desktop but absurd for a server. I have yet to find a good way to fix this, but I still don't see what is changing it. It should be something like 7000 on the machin

Re: Network gone, just like that

On 2004-04-14, Joost De Cock penned: > > Is there a way to see what I've been apt-getting lately? I believe > this could be caused by upgrading something, but I must admit that I > run synaptic with my eyes closed :) I do remember a post where someone > said that synaptic keeps a log. I've looked f

recovering from security kernel-image update

Dear all, My system is broken following yesterday's security kernel-image update. I am able to boot in using a rescue disk, but am unsure what to do next. The obvious thing is to simply do an apt-get update and upgrade and let the bad kernel get repaced by the one I believe the security team ha

Re: /dev/nvidia* device files missing

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:10:21 +0200, Jan Pfeifer wrote: > hi, > > I had problems trying to use the (non-free) nvidia kernel module > generated from nvidia-kernel-source and I found out that the device > files /dev/nvidia[ctl|0|1] were not created by any of the nvidia* > packages, and are also not

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: Hm? .DS_Store is created by Apple Macintosh Computers to save some additional Settings. Have you been playing with i.e. netatalk? Bye, Ratti Nope, not at all! Here is what file has to say: $> file -kp /usr/lib/plt/collects/readline/.DS_Store /usr/lib/plt/collects/

Re: No sound with SDL apps

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 11:39 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > On Thursday 15 April 2004 12:11, Keir Lawson wrote: > > > You said that you got exactly the same error trying the ESD SDL. Did > > > you also set the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to esd before > > > starting FB? > > > > yup > > > >

Re: [Fwd: Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...]

Uwe Dippel wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:41:55 +0200, steef wrote: hi uwe, another point: i downloaded a couple of minutes ago a dutch version of openoffice 1.1.1 with a built-in spellchecker. so: the developers have more sense than i thought yesterday and this morning. just a case of bad

Re: [OT] How big are Logitech's balls?

On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:12:52PM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:29:03AM +, Pigeon wrote: > > Logitech do some rather neat optical trackballs, called "Marble", with > > a speckledy ball to give the optical sensor something to work on. > > > > Unfortunately they are a

Re: lost mouse functionality in 2.6.x kernel upgrade

On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 03:30:49PM -0500, James Miller wrote: > Ok. I see I should have mentioned that I rebooted. It still didn't work. > Nor did manually modprobing it work (I didn't think it would if rebboting > after editing /etc/modules failed, but I thought I should try it anyway). > I also

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

Am Do, den 15.04.2004 schrieb H. S. um 20:48: > Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... > /usr/lib/plt/collects/readline/.DS_Store > > What does this mean? Should I be worried? Hm? .DS_Store is created by Apple Macintosh Computers to save some additional Settings. Have you

Re: chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:48:52 -0400 "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am running Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.24-1-686). I ran chkrootkit (v > 0.42b) and got this message (along with all other "nothing found" > messages): > > Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... > /us

2.6 kernel causing X to hang?

a couple days ago, i upgraded from the 2.4.6 kernel to the 2.6.4 kernel. figured out a couple problems, and all seemed smooth. however, twice today -- both initially while using a java IDE -- X has frozen, leaving whatever was last on the screen displayed up there and not showing the results of m

Re: lookit does not start on bootup

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:59:20 -0400, S.Squarepants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While there may be a tool for it (I really don't know), that isn't the > best way to do it IMHO. What would you do if you ending up sitting at a > Fedora or Slackware box in the future that is missing the same tool? > >

Re: Get config questions on install

Hello Rory! On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 06:53:18PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I seem to have set one of my servers not to have questions asked when > upgrading/installing etc. How can I change the 'quietness' of the > installation process? As root try # dpkg-reconfigure -plow debconf HTH, F

Re: KDE 3.2 problems

Hello 'GodMode'! On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 02:13:24PM -0300, GodMode wrote: > i added deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable main > [...] > i dont know what command to use to get kde3 using apt-get after putting > those two lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list file Ah, a demi-god at m

Re: lookit does not start on bootup

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:03:36 -0500, dircha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion. It is possible that this is the problem, >> and I'll investigate it. S1 does seem rather low. First I'll need to >> learn the recommended way to manipulate runtime links in Debi

chkrootkit gives this message, should I be worried?

I am running Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.24-1-686). I ran chkrootkit (v 0.42b) and got this message (along with all other "nothing found" messages): Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... /usr/lib/plt/collects/readline/.DS_Store What does this mean? Should I be worried? tha

Get config questions on install

I seem to have set one of my servers not to have questions asked when upgrading/installing etc. How can I change the 'quietness' of the installation process? Please cc me off-list -- I get the digest. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Help installing a JVM

Okay, How do I get a JVM to install? I have only found dummy packages, and when I downloaded and ran Sun's SDK, it didn't seem to install properly - or at least the Java apps don't see it. Thanks in advance. --JATF

Re: xfree and windowmaker

It may be a WMaker problem Install wmakerconf (apt-get install wmakerconf). launch it and go to Appearance Tab, you can choose the font for each component. Aurel. kevin thackray wrote: I was using previewsly a slackware so i am not very handy with debian scripts (which i find it quit powerfull

Re: PAM : passwords with at least 6 chars

Stephen wrote: > Install libpam-cracklib, and change your /etc/pam.d/common-password > file > to the following: > > password requiredpam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 > password requiredpam_unix.so md5 I just tried this and get asked for me new password 4 times. And I r

xfree and windowmaker

I was using previewsly a slackware so i am not very handy with debian scripts (which i find it quit powerfull). I have a font size problem with my window manager (wmaker) : all my apps aprears really big as osd dispay is ok. in x config i have : == XFConfig-4=== # Font section #

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hey guysi added deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian/ stable maindid an apt-get updateand apt-get upgrade ( which upgraded a few kde packages)but now i'm trying aapt-get install kde3apt-get install kde3.2apt-get install kde=3i dont know what command to use to get kde3 using apt-get

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hi, I had problems trying to use the (non-free) nvidia kernel module generated from nvidia-kernel-source and I found out that the device files /dev/nvidia[ctl|0|1] were not created by any of the nvidia* packages, and are also not created by the MAKEDEV script nor by the udev package. I'm not su

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